Has He Returned?

Goldfinch60



Walking down the High Street

I came to a shop,

Engraved deeply on the old wall

Were the words “BEST ENGLISH MEAT”,

But it did worry me,

As the shop was a Barbers!

Had Sweeney Todd returned?

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 6th, 2021 01:14
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is true, there is a shop in my town where probably a hundred years ago it was a butcher, hence the engraved sign on the wall. Sweeny Todd was a tale of a barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and turns their bodies over to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies.
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 47
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  • orchidee

    Good write Gold. lol.

  • Neville


    ... Blimey mate, I go to Baldies
    they do say what goes around, comes around, don't they ...

    • Goldfinch60

      They certainly do, the strange thing is that when I pass that shop every week I am actually going up to my butcher to get the meat!!

      Andy

    • Fay Slimm.

      Oooh and wow - a real scary thought Andy - hope you think twice about going in there now for a short back and sides...........

      • Goldfinch60

        Luckily my barber is further down the street but as I replied to Neville I pass that shop every week as I am going up to my butcher to get my meat. LOL

        Andy

      • L. B. Mek

        so funny, btw that's genuinely
        one of the most flexible concepts for a character/script
        I have come across
        over the years I've seen it be interpreted
        in so many genre's, be it comedy, horror, thriller etc
        and it works really well,
        thanks for sharing Andy

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you Mek much appreciated.

          Andy

        • Accidental Poet

          Lucky for me I cut my own hair. ; )

          • Goldfinch60

            Very lucky indeed AP.

            Andy

          • Doggerel Dave

            Yep - it's one way to save the environment from all those farting cows ain't it? And the world is over populated....

            • Goldfinch60

              It is one way I suppose but it is said that human flesh tastes like pork.

              Andy

              • Doggerel Dave

                All you carnivores/omnivores go at it then Andy Me - I'm a vegetarian.

              • dusk arising

                I like it. Those kind of thoughts tickle my mind as and when I come across such inspiration.
                Thanks for sharing, certainly gave me a smile.

                • Goldfinch60

                  It is amazing when you see things that can be interpreted in words d a, I seem to be doing it all the time.

                  Andy

                • Dove

                  Oh my! What irony!

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Very true Dove, thank you.

                    Andy

                  • SureshG

                    Glad you only pass by it, for I just checked my neck to see my head was still on.
                    You do know how to pen a picture

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Thank you suresh, most kind.

                      Andy



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